Official Site:Â Final Fantasy XI
Studio:Â Square Enix
Launch Date:Â May 16, 2002 (in de facto maintenance mode as of November 10, 2015)
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription
Platform: PC, PS2, Xbox 360
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Wisdom of Nym: The cancelled future of Final Fantasy XIV
Every game has stuff in it that's dummied out. There are ideas that the developers brought to a certain point without ever finishing, and...
The final story update of Final Fantasy XI sends players to the Far East
The final story update for Final Fantasy XI approaches swiftly, and it's letting a long-awaited shoe drop in the process. The Far East has...
Wisdom of Nym: Surpassing Final Fantasy XIV’s cross-class legacy
In one respect, Final Fantasy XIV is an incredibly flexible game. You are never actually locked into a single role or job; even if...
The MOP Up: Skyforge’s new raid (October 11, 2015)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Perfect Ten: Why big MMO expansions are a good thing
I'm not really on board with the trend of saying that big expansions are back. They never left. Sure, we have one coming out...
Jukebox Heroes: Your top 20 favorite MMO soundtracks
I've been a sneaky columnist, my friends. Oh yes I have. In my last Jukebox Heroes I posted my top six favorite MMO soundtracks,...
Wisdom of Nym: Coordination, aetherial gear, and Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch
How many times a day do you think about aetherial gear in Final Fantasy XIV? If the answer is more than "zero," I'm honestly...
The MOP Up: All news must go!
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we're deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Battle Bards podcast features percussion-heavy MMO music
You may or may not know that MOP's Justin is involved in a second podcast after this site's weekly show. Twice a month, he...
Perfect Ten: The 10 MMO memories we all have
I have been playing MMOs with varying degrees of intensity for the past 12Â years. That is really weird to me. It also means that...
Final Fantasy XI releasing high-level remixes of classic battles with its next update
The final update for Final Fantasy XI is due out in November, but there's life in the game yet before that happens, and there...
Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs coming soon to a pocket near you
It may be true that interest in playing and developing mobile games has peaked, although personally I very much like mobile gaming. On the...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMO futures that never were
One of the things I spend a lot of time thinking about is Operation Unthinkable. For those of you who don't feel like clicking...
Final Fantasy XI’s August update arrives today
The end is swiftly approaching for Final Fantasy XI - not a shutdown, but the end of the game's active story and content additions....
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on what comes next in Final Fantasy XIV
Let me start by warning you fans of Final Fantasy XIV that this column may very well have spoilers, but that's all right because...
The MOP Up: Evil Island edition
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we're deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Final Fantasy XI previews the second part of its final story
The next version update for Final Fantasy XI doesn't bring the end, but it does bring the continuation of the end. The second chapter...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO innovation we long for (or do we?)
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor BigMikeyOcho, who wants to talk innovation:
"Sometimes when I play MMOs, I get the feeling that I'm...
The Game Archaeologist: Seven MMOs operating on borrowed time
Most everyone who knows me well will acknowledge that I'm not generally a cynical, dark person. I'm not rooting for games to fail, for...
Massively Overthinking: The language barriers of MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor XanadoX, who wants us to talk about "playing MMOs in another language: Korean, Japanese, or even...
